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State Abbreviation - NE
State Capital - Lincoln
Largest City - Omaha
Area - 77,358 square miles [Nebraska is the 16th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 1,868,516 (as of 2013) [Nebraska is the 37th most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Nebraskans
Major Industries - farming (corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum), grain processing, meat-packing the Air Force Strategic Air Command,

Presidential Birthplace - Gerald Rudolph Ford was born in Omaha on July 14, 1913 (Ford was the 38th US President, serving from 1974 to 1977).

Animal Symbols:

State Bird Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)

State Mammal White-tailed Deer

State Fish Channel catfish

State Fossil Mammoth

State Insect Honeybee (Apis mellifera)

Plant Symbols:

State Flower Goldenrod (Solidago serotina)

State Tree Cottonwood (Populus deltoides)

State Grass Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)

Earth Symbols:

State Rock Prairie Agate

State Gemstone Blue Chalcedony

State Soil Holdrege

Miscellaneous Symbols:

State Beverage Milk

State Soft Drink Kool-Aid Developed in Hastings, Nebraska, by Edward E. Perkins in 1927

State River Platte River

State American Folk Dance Square dance

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